William B. Schiller

William B. Schiller

William B. Schiller is a Partner of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. His practice concentrates in the area of U.S. immigration and nationality law. He represents individuals, corporations, universities, professionals (including scientists, researchers and professors) and families before the United States Department of Homeland Security, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and U.S. Consular posts worldwide. Mr. Schiller regularly handles temporary and permanent employment and family based immigration, asylum, consular processing and citizenship cases. He has been recognized by his peers for selection in Illinois Super Lawyers® every year since 2005, Leading Lawyer (2013 to date), and has a 10.0 “Superb Attorney” and “Client Choice” rating on Avvo.com.

Mr. Schiller was one of ten attorneys in the Chicago area selected for a Pro Bono Leadership Award by the Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center (National Immigrant Justice Center) and the American Bar Association. He has appeared as a speaker at educational and professional seminars nationwide, including annual conferences of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, NAFSA, Association of International Educators, and university campuses. He is an author of the chapter, “Employment-Based Immigration: The First Three Preferences,” appearing since 2007 in Navigating the Fundamental of Immigration Law: Guidance and Tips for Successful Practice (AILA Publications) and the author of “Working Effectively with Corporate and Individual Clients in Immigration Law,” published in 2008 in Inside the Minds (Aspatore Books) – “Immigration Law Client Strategies”.

Mr. Schiller also serves as an Adjunct Professor in the undergraduate program at Northwestern University, where he teaches a senior level course on international human rights and U.S. refugee law.

EDUCATION

King’s College, University of London (LL.M. International Business Law 1991)

Loyola University of Chicago School of Law (J.D. 1987)

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana (B.A. 1984)

ADMISSIONS

BAR ADMISSIONS

Illinois Bar (1987)

COURT ADMISSIONS

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1999)

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1987)

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND ACTIVITIES

Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Committee on Immigration and Nationality Law

Past Co-Chair and Current Member of the Leadership Council of the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)

On February 16, 2017, HSPRD’s Kalman Resnick, William Schiller and Caryn Lederer addressed Northwestern University community members at a panel discussion on the recent executive order banning travel and other actions taken by the Trump Administration affecting immigration policy.